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Major Disasters of 2009: A Photographic Chronicle of Nature's Fury

In 2009, the world faced numerous devastating disasters, from wildfires consuming landscapes in Australia and California to catastrophic earthquakes in Indonesia and Italy. Cyclones and typhoons wreaked havoc across the Pacific, while floods and landslides displaced communities in North Dakota and the Philippines. Volcanic eruptions in the Philippines prompted mass evacuations, and winter storms blanketed regions with heavy snow. This photographic chronicle captures the human and environmental impacts of these natural calamities.

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Major Disasters of 2009: A Photographic Chronicle of Nature's Fury

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  1. 2009’S DISASTERS IN PICTURES FROM WILDFIRES TO CYCLONES AND TYPHOONS, TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, TO FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES, TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND WINTER STORMS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. WILDFIRE: AUSTRALIA; FEB 9-11

  3. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

  4. CYCLONE HAMISH:MARCH 8-10

  5. CYCLONE HAMISH: OIL SPILL IMPACTS AUSTRALIAN BEACHES

  6. FLOODS: RED RIVER & FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA: MARCH 28-30

  7. N. DAKOTA VOLUNTEERS EMPLACING 1,000,000 SAND BAGS: MARCH 28-30

  8. L’AQUILLA, ITALY; APRIL 6

  9. L'AQUILA AND 26 TOWNS AND VILLAGES DEVASTATED

  10. L'AQUILA: LOCATED IN OLD LAKE BED

  11. WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA

  12. WINDS EXACERBATE WILDFIRES: SANTA BARBARA, CA; MAY 5-10

  13. YUNNAN, china EARTHQUAKE:

  14. YUNNAN, CHINA: JULY 9

  15. MORAKOT’S PATH: AUGUST 7-10

  16. CHIATUNG, TAIWAN: FLOODING; AUGUST 9

  17. MORAKOT-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE BURIES TAIWAN VILLAGE, AUG 10

  18. “MONSTER WILDFIRE” NEAR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA COVERING 190 SQUARE MILES AND GROWING RAPIDLY NOT CONTAINED UNTIL SEPT 15th August 28 – September 15, 2009

  19. WILDFIRES NEAR LOS ANGELES, CA

  20. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS, GREECE

  21. WILDFIRES NEAR ATHENS: AUGUST 22, 2009

  22. FLASH FLOODS NEAR ISTHANBUL: SEPTEMBER 9

  23. FLASH FLOODS NEARISTHANBUL, TURKEY: SEPT 9

  24. INDONESIA: SEPT 30 - OCT 1

  25. TWO LARGE EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WEST SUMATRA AND JAMBI, INDONESIA WHILE IT IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE 2004 TSUNAMI DISASTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 –- M9.0 SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 — M7.6 OCTOBER 1, 2009 — M6.6

  26. PADANG, INDONESIA

  27. PADANG, INDONESIA: FIRE

  28. QUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDE: PADANG PARIAMAN, INDONESIA

  29. PHILIPPINES HIT BY KETSANA, PARMA, MIRINAE: SEPT- NOV

  30. KETSANA: CAINTA RIZAL

  31. KETSANA: QUESON CITY

  32. KETSANA: PHILIPPINES; SEPT 23-30

  33. PARMA: PHILIPPINES; OCT 9

  34. PARMA: MUD FLOWS; OCT 12

  35. MIRINAE: NOV 2

  36. AMERICAN SAMOA: SEPT 29

  37. TSUNAMI: PAGO PAGO, ANERICAN SAMOA; SEPT 29

  38. HURRICANE IDA, LAST OF SEASON: NOV 5

  39. FLOODS IN CUMBRIA, ENGLAND

  40. FLOODS: CUMBRIA; UK; NOV 29-30

  41. MOUNT MAYON: THE PHILIPPINES; DEC 16

  42. 33,000 EVACUATED AS MOUNT MAYON ERUPTS: DEC 18

  43. WINTER STORM: DEC 18 - 20

  44. WINTER STORM: 2/3 M; DEC 18

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